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Pictures of BNSF 9973
 
Owner: BNSF Railway
Model:EMD SD70MACBuilt As:BNSF 9973 (SD70MAC)
Serial Number:976841-31Order No:976841
Frame Number:976841-31Built:8/1998
Other locos with this serial:  BNSF 9973(SD70MAC)
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BNSF 8182 Close Up
Title:  BNSF 8182 Close Up
Description:  I love this close up shot of SD60M #8182, I love the locomotive and the nice paint scheme. #8156 is looking pretty good as well
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 3:26:17 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 8182(SD60M) BNSF 8156(SD60M) BNSF 9973(SD70MAC)
Views:  404   Comments: 0
BNSF 9973
Title:  BNSF 9973
Description:  A faded SD70MAC is paired with a better looking SD70MAC, these are 2 of 3 Heritage II SD70MACs
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 1:05:10 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9993(SD70MAC) BNSF 9973(SD70MAC)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
BNSF 9973 and 4651
Title:  BNSF 9973 and 4651
Description:  Here is a line up like earlier, only this time, it's a Dash 9 and SD70MAC with the SD60M Duel gone
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 4:56:50 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) BNSF 4651(C44-9W)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
BNSF 4651 and 9973
Title:  BNSF 4651 and 9973
Description:  A Dash 9 and a SD70MAC makes a great cab shot together and that's what I did, I really like the SD70MAC more then the Dash 9, but the Dash 9 looks better with it's paint holding up
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 4:58:57 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 4651(C44-9W) BNSF 9973(SD70MAC)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
BNSF 9973 and 9477
Title:  BNSF 9973 and 9477
Description:  BNSF SD70MAC #9477 is going to MERC as it passes way behind SD70MAC #9973, I got this shot because I thought it was neat
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 3:49:53 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) BNSF 9477(SD70MAC)
Views:  172   Comments: 0
BNSF 9973 and 9993 backing up
Title:  BNSF 9973 and 9993 backing up
Description:  The pair of Heritage II SD70MACs backs up to hook up to #9744, but later #9993 would be gone, #9973 would be hooked up to CSX #4579 and #9477 would be on the opposite side of #8182
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 2:07:23 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9993(SD70MAC) BNSF 9973(SD70MAC)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
BNSF 9993
Title:  BNSF 9993
Description:  A pair of Heritage II SD70MACs are together, BNSF #9993 is looking better then #9973
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 1:00:17 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9993(SD70MAC) BNSF 9973(SD70MAC)
Views:  212   Comments: 0
BNSF 9993 and 9973
Title:  BNSF 9993 and 9973
Description:  The Heritage II duel is now hooked up to #9477, we thought they would pull a train, but it proved to be very wrong
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 2:18:44 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9993(SD70MAC) BNSF 9973(SD70MAC)
Views:  195   Comments: 0
BNSF 9993 and 9973 backing up
Title:  BNSF 9993 and 9973 backing up
Description:  The two Heritage II MACs are backing up to hook up to #9744, but all of them would be rotated around later that day
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 2:12:23 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9993(SD70MAC) BNSF 9973(SD70MAC)
Views:  214   Comments: 0
How many SD70MACs are there???
Title:  How many SD70MACs are there???
Description:  Can you guess how many SD70MACs are in this shot, I won't say, but there is a Dash 9, two SD40 - 2s, 2 SD60Ms, a P39M, and a EMDX GP38 - 2 with them
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 1:28:40 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9993(SD70MAC) BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) BNSF 9477(SD70MAC) BNSF 9828(SD70MAC) BNSF 9531(SD70MAC) BNSF 9880(SD70MAC) CSX 4579(SD70MAC) BNSF 4500(C44-9W) BNSF 1846(SD40-2) BNSF 1994(SD40-2)
Views:  621   Comments: 0
Coal Power Consist????
Title:  Coal Power Consist????
Description:  I don't know what these three units will pull, but I'm starting to think it will be a coal train, if anyone saw this consist the next day or somewhere else, please tell me
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 5:03:26 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) CSX 4579(SD70MAC) BNSF 4500(C44-9W)
Views:  200   Comments: 0
BNSF 6 Axle Lineup
Title:  BNSF 6 Axle Lineup
Description:  BNSF SD70MAC #9973, SD60M #8182, and SD70MAC #9477 are lined up together in a neat style of paint schemes
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 2:57:03 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) BNSF 8182(SD60M) BNSF 9477(SD70MAC)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
BNSF 9973 and 8182 Cab Shots
Title:  BNSF 9973 and 8182 Cab Shots
Description:  I got a cab shot with both #8182 and #9973 together, these line ups couldn't make me turn away, since they are EMDs, the same won't be said if they were GEs
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 3:43:00 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) BNSF 8182(SD60M)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
BNSF Line Up
Title:  BNSF Line Up
Description:  The last of my BNSF Line Up Shots, these EMDS were neat and it was surprising to see so many SD70MACs in one place in a normally all GE area
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 3:43:33 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) CSX 4579(SD70MAC) BNSF 8182(SD60M) BNSF 8156(SD60M)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
BNSF Line Up
Title:  BNSF Line Up
Description:  This is my last BNSF Line Up Shot of the afternoon, we see the SD60M Duel with the Heritage II and CSX SD70MAC, you can see BNSF Dash 9 #4500 in the background
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 3:50:24 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) CSX 4579(SD70MAC) BNSF 8182(SD60M) BNSF 8156(SD60M) BNSF 4500(C44-9W)
Views:  280   Comments: 0
BNSF and CSX Power Overlay
Title:  BNSF and CSX Power Overlay
Description:  A pair of Dash 9s and a SD70MAC are together, a pair of SD70MACs and a Dash 9 are together, and a pair of Dash 9s are together, there isn't as many SD70MACs now, but there were 7 earlier in the day
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 4:59:39 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) CSX 4579(SD70MAC) BNSF 4500(C44-9W) BNSF 4651(C44-9W) BNSF 9924(SD70MAC) BNSF 4789(C44-9W) BNSF 4430(C44-9W) BNSF 4030(C44-9W)
Views:  349   Comments: 0
A nice BNSF Power overlay with a CSX SD70MAC
Title:  A nice BNSF Power overlay with a CSX SD70MAC
Description:  This is a cool overlay, better then some of the other times, since this time it involves a CSX SD70MAC
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 5:00:50 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) CSX 4579(SD70MAC) BNSF 4500(C44-9W) BNSF 4651(C44-9W) BNSF 9924(SD70MAC) BNSF 4789(C44-9W) BNSF 4430(C44-9W) BNSF 4030(C44-9W)
Views:  359   Comments: 0
BNSF Line Up
Title:  BNSF Line Up
Description:  A trio of very nice looking 6 Axle Units, a SD70MAC in the Heritage and another one in the Executive Scheme with a SD60M in the Cascade Green Scheme
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 3:00:29 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9477(SD70MAC) BNSF 8182(SD60M) BNSF 9973(SD70MAC)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
BNSF Line Up
Title:  BNSF Line Up
Description:  A nice looking line up, a trio of SD70MACs are with a SD60M Duel. There is 4 different schemes in this shot
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 3:00:57 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9477(SD70MAC) BNSF 8182(SD60M) BNSF 8156(SD60M) BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) CSX 4579(SD70MAC) BNSF 4430(C44-9W) BNSF 4030(C44-9W) BNSF 9880(SD70MAC)
Views:  388   Comments: 0
1,000TH UPLOADED PHOTO
Title:  1,000TH UPLOADED PHOTO
Description:  This is my 1,000th uploaded photo, this is a special photo, even if it is the 1,000th photo, but a cool lineup that won't happen again
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 3:09:45 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) CSX 4579(SD70MAC) BNSF 8182(SD60M) BNSF 8156(SD60M) BNSF 9477(SD70MAC)
Views:  330   Comments: 0
A good BNSF and CSX power overlay
Title:  A good BNSF and CSX power overlay
Description:  A nice power overlay with 6 SD70MACs, 3 Dash 9s, 2 SD40 - 2s, 2 SD70MACs, 1 GP39M, and a EMDX GP38 - 2 are in the yard today
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 3:14:21 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9477(SD70MAC) BNSF 8182(SD60M) BNSF 8156(SD60M) BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) CSX 4579(SD70MAC) BNSF 4500(C44-9W) BNSF 4430(C44-9W) BNSF 4030(C44-9W) BNSF 1994(SD40-2) BNSF 9880(SD70MAC)
Views:  559   Comments: 0
BNSF Line Up
Title:  BNSF Line Up
Description:  A line up of nice BNSF 6 Axles are at the yard, the clouding above the units worked out nicely on the photo
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 3:14:54 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) CSX 4579(SD70MAC) BNSF 8182(SD60M) BNSF 8156(SD60M) BNSF 9477(SD70MAC)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
3 Locomotives in 3 Different Schemes
Title:  3 Locomotives in 3 Different Schemes
Description:  After #9477 left the two other pairs, I got a shot of the SD60M Duel, the Heritage II and CSX SD70MAC with BNSF #9828
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 3:29:48 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9828(SD70MAC) BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) BNSF 8182(SD60M)
Views:  320   Comments: 0
BNSF Line Up
Title:  BNSF Line Up
Description:  The nice pair of SD60Ms are with the Heritage II and CSX MACs, a trio of MACs, and a pair of Dash 9s
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 3:30:49 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 8182(SD60M) BNSF 8156(SD60M) BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) CSX 4579(SD70MAC) BNSF 9828(SD70MAC) BNSF 9531(SD70MAC) BNSF 9880(SD70MAC) BNSF 4030(C44-9W)
Views:  373   Comments: 0
BNSF Line Up
Title:  BNSF Line Up
Description:  After #9477 leaft, we were left with the SD60M Duel and the Heritage II and CSX MACs, they still looked nice
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 3:35:42 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 8182(SD60M) BNSF 8156(SD60M) BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) CSX 4579(SD70MAC) BNSF 4430(C44-9W) BNSF 4030(C44-9W)
Views:  297   Comments: 0
BNSF 8182 and 9477
Title:  BNSF 8182 and 9477
Description:  The back end of BNSF SD70MAC #9477 is seen in this photo of BNSF 8182 at BNSF's 17th Street in Superior
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 1:38:01 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 8182(SD60M) BNSF 9477(SD70MAC) BNSF 9973(SD70MAC)
Views:  204   Comments: 0
BNSF 9973 and 4651 nose shots
Title:  BNSF 9973 and 4651 nose shots
Description:  Here's a nose shot of both #9973 and #4651, the paint on #4651 is holding up better then it is on #9973
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 5:02:00 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) BNSF 4651(C44-9W)
Views:  183   Comments: 1
CSX 4579
Title:  CSX 4579
Description:  The CSX Unit is in the best position all day, it is still hooked up to #9993 with #4500 hooked back up with it again
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 4:56:17 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) CSX 4579(SD70MAC) BNSF 4500(C44-9W)
Views:  177   Comments: 0
CSX 4579
Title:  CSX 4579
Description:  Here's a close up of the CSX SD70MAC, I saw one on Wednesday on a BNSF grain train in Cambridge, that was in the hockey stick scheme
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 4:58:05 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) CSX 4579(SD70MAC) BNSF 4500(C44-9W)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
CSX SD70MAC
Title:  CSX SD70MAC
Description:  A CSX SD70MAC makes the rarest appearence I ever seen, this is the first CSX SD70MAC I have seen
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 5:00:11 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) CSX 4579(SD70MAC) BNSF 4500(C44-9W) BNSF 4430(C44-9W) BNSF 1994(SD40-2)
Views:  397   Comments: 0
CSX SD70MAC
Title:  CSX SD70MAC
Description:  This is my last shot of CSX SD70MAC #4579, I hope it was on a coal train which it would feel like it is doing the job BNSF MACs do
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 5:05:07 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) CSX 4579(SD70MAC) BNSF 4500(C44-9W)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
CSX 4579 Cab Shot
Title:  CSX 4579 Cab Shot
Description:  This is a cab shot of SD70MAC #4579, I noticed this SD70MAC doesn't have a lightning stripe
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 5:01:16 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) CSX 4579(SD70MAC)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
BNSF 9973
Title:  BNSF 9973
Description:  BNSF SD70MAC #9477 left the engine facility leave 5 other SD70MACs behind, but this shot is of BNSF 9973 which is looking a bit ragged as the paint has faded badly
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 10/7/2011 11:39:41 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) CSX 4579(SD70MAC) BNSF 8182(SD60M) BNSF 9531(SD70MAC) BNSF 9880(SD70MAC) BNSF 4030(C44-9W)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
BNSF 9973
Title:  BNSF 9973
Description:  A crew member is riding the back railing of BNSF SD70MAC #9973 as they back up to BNSF SD70MAC #9477 waiting for them
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 10/7/2011 11:30:19 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) BNSF 9993(SD70MAC)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
BNSF 9477
Title:  BNSF 9477
Description:  Here's a nice sun shot of BNSF SD70MAC #9477 sitting at 17th Street, one of 6 SD70MACs at the yard, #9993 left
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 10/7/2011 11:37:13 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9477(SD70MAC) BNSF 8156(SD60M) BNSF 8182(SD60M) BNSF 9973(SD70MAC)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
BNSF 9973
Title:  BNSF 9973
Description:  The sun came out for a few seconds and I got a sun shot of BNSF SD70MAC #9973, it was one of 7 SD70MACs in the yard. 3 of them in the Executive scheme, 3 in the Heritage II, and a CSX SD70MAC in the Bright Future, I would see another CSX SD70MAC in Cambridge third in line on a BNSF grain train, no photos of it which wasn't good
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 10/7/2011 11:28:59 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9973(SD70MAC) BNSF 9993(SD70MAC)
Views:  148   Comments: 0
BNSF 9477 and BNSF 9973 hooks up
Title:  BNSF 9477 and BNSF 9973 hooks up
Description:  The connection is almost made, so I got this shot of one crew member using hand signals to the engineer of BNSF 9993. But this would be short lived when they were moved around later that day
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 2:12:58 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9477(SD70MAC) BNSF 9973(SD70MAC)
Views:  223   Comments: 0

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